６级考前最新命制试卷二参考答案及录音文本.doc

1、1级考前最新命制试卷二参考答案及录音文本参考答案Part I Writing【参考范文一】Should Foreign Abbreviations Be Banned on TV?Recently, CCTV banned the use of borrowed English abbreviations such as NBA, WTO and CPI in all its programs. Some people applaud the move, maintaining that it helps preserve the purity of the Chinese language.

2、 The media is deeply engaged in the ongoing Westernization of Chinese language. If the phenomenon is not stopped, Chinese will be gradually reduced from an independent expression system to a mixture of languages.Others, however, shake their heads. It is not persuasive, they say, that the media shy a

3、way from foreign abbreviations to preserve the purity of the Chinese language and culture. After all, languages integration is a very complicated process and its irrational to impose a simple ban on certain words. Besides, the use of foreign abbreviations wont shake the status of Chinese as an embod

4、iment of and the basis of the 5,000-year-old Chinese culture.As far as I am concerned, there is no need to ban the use of foreign abbreviations on TV. A language is great, not because of its purity, but because of its tolerance to other languages. Chinese is so rich and beautiful because it constant

5、ly absorbs words, abbreviations and phrases from other languages. Its totally unnecessary to fear about the disappearance of Chinese if we allow English to mix with Chinese.【参考范文二】Should Foreign Abbreviations Be Banned on TV?That some TV stations banned the use of foreign abbreviations in their prog

6、rams sparked off a heated debate. 2Those who support the ban maintain that the borrowed words make it difficult for some people to understand. It is true that people often read and hear foreign abbreviations like NBA, CBA, GDP, WTO and CPI in an era of the explosion of information. But how many peop

7、le can explain accurately what these expressions stand for?To those who oppose the ban, it makes no sense for TV stations to exempt their audiences from foreign expressions. Popular foreign abbreviations such as NBA, CPI, GDP and WTO are made up of only three letters. However, they are able to deliv

8、er meaning that several Chinese characters are unable to. Therefore, they help make talk and communication easier rather than more difficult.Personally, I think it necessary to ban the use of foreign abbreviations. Undoubtedly, some foreign abbreviations have become useful symbols for many people. H

9、owever, they are all Greek to some older people who dont follow the news and dont speak a foreign language. If these abbreviations are used without Chinese explanations, wouldnt it be unfair to this group of people?Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)1. B)2. D)3. C)4. B)5. D)6. C)7.

10、 A)8. over 60% higher9. moderate-intensity exercise10. discuss negative feelingsPart III Listening Comprehension11. A)12. D)13. A)14. B)315. C)16. D)17. C)18. A)19. C)20. A)21. D)22. C)23. B)24. C)25. D)26. D)27. A)28. B)29. D)30. D)31. A)32. C)33. B)34. D)35. C)36. dating37. appeared38. led39. seab

11、ed40. distinctive41. buried42. fundamental43. produced 44. Love says it appears the ancient sponges lived on the sea floor and were only a few millimeters in size445. Did the glacial periods provide some sort of environmental stimulus which sort of reorganized the ecosystems for good46. We want to r

12、eally connect the first appearance of multicellular animal sponges with a better understanding of the environmentPart IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)47. kilometers per year48. climatic zones49. individual species50. move faster51. unique characteristics52. C)53. C)54. D)55. D)56. B)57. C

13、)58. B)59. D)60. C)61. B)Part V Cloze62. B)63. C)64. A)65. D)566. D)67. B)68. A)69. C)70. D)71. A)72. B)73. C)74. B)75. D)76. A)77. C)78. D)79. C)80. A)81. B)Part VI Translation82. mistake him for his twin brother83. a waste of time trying to talk to her84. has she kept in touch with us85. whatever

14、learning method (that)suits you86. to have been praised by the manager just now录音文本Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A11. W: Tom, would you like to go to the movies with me after dinner?6M: Well, Ill go if you really want me to, but Im rather tired.Q: What can we conclude from this conversatio

15、n?12. W: John. What are you doing on your computer? Dont you remember your promise?M: This is not a game. Its only a crossword puzzle that helps increase my vocabulary.Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?13. W: The movie starts in 5 minutes and theres bound to be a long lin

16、e.M: Why dont we come back for the next show? Im sure it would be less crowded.Q: What does the man suggest doing?14. W: Which of these shirts do you think I should buy? The red or green one?M: Well, didnt you already buy a red one last week? A little variety would be good.Q: What does the man sugge

17、st the woman buy?15. M: Ill go to the student center this evening for the concert. Would you like to come with me?W: Id love to, but I have to go to the library to look at a book on American history.Q: Why cant the woman go with the man?16. M: I hear the basketball game is going to be on TV tonight.

18、 Do you have any idea what channel it could be on?W: Um, it might be on seven, but Im not sure. The TV section of the newspaper is over there on the table.Q: What does the woman imply?17. M: I really wish Tom would take more interest in our business. I dont know why he wants to became an artist.W: H

19、es only sixteen. I think he should do what he wants.Q: What does the man want his son to do?18. W: Is your committee report almost finished?M: Not by a long shot. In fact we barely started the introduction.Q: What does the man mean?7Now you will hear the two long conversations.Conversation OneW: Goo

20、d evening. Today well talk about several interesting cultural artifacts that are a part of daily lives of the Japanese, and perhaps other Asian countries as well. Were very happy to have Ben Smith here.M: Thank you.W: Well, artifacts made of bamboo are very important in Japanese culture.M: Yes. For

21、hundreds and even thousands of years, the bamboo plant has played an important role in the lives of the Japanese, and at one time, it was believed that the Shinto gods could be found in the stem of the bamboo plant, and this is something that is portrayed in one of Japans oldest tales, The Tale of t

22、he Bamboo Cutter.W: That sounds interesting. Bamboo is a very versatile plant. Its light and flexible, but strong, and there are many varieties of it. They can be used to make various artifacts.M: Yeah, and some of them are really exquisite.W: Very happily. Mr. Smith has brought here several bamboo

23、artifacts. So can you introduce them to us, Mr. Smith?M: Sure. The first one is a chashaku. It is a tea spoon, and it is used for measuring powdered green tea during the tea ceremony.W: Thats fine. What about this?M: Uh, it is a tea whisk. It is for mixing the powdered green tea in a small bowl unti

24、l it becomes a foamy mixture.W: Wow, it is so nice and I love it. Thank you for showing us these fine artifacts, Mr. Smith.M: My pleasure.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What are the two speakers talking about?20. What do we learn about bamboo and the Shinto

25、gods?21. Why can bamboo be used to make different kinds of artifacts?22. What is the chashaku used for during the tea ceremony?Conversation TwoM: Hi. I have a reservation for tonight.W: And your name?8M: Its Nelson. Charles Nelson.W: Okay. Mr. Nelson. Thats a room for five, and M: Excuse me? Do you

26、mean a room for five dollars? I didnt know the special was so good.W: No, no, no. According to our records, a room for five guests was booked under your name.M: No. No. Hold on. There must be some mistake.W: Okay. Lets check again. Okay, Mr. Charles C. Nelson for tonightM: Ah. Theres the problem. My

27、 name is Charles Nelson, not Charles C. Nelson. You must have two guests under the same name.W: Okay. Let me check again. Oh. Okay. Here we are. Charles Nelson. A room for one for the 19thM: Wait, wait! It was for tonight. Not tomorrow night.W: Hum. I dont think we have any rooms for tonight. Theres

28、 a convention going on in town, and uh, lets see. Yeah, no rooms.M: Ah come on! You must have something. Anything.W: Well. Let me check my computer here. Ah! There has been a cancellation for this evening. A honeymoon suite is now available.M: Great. Ill take it.W: But Ill have to charge you two hun

29、dred fifty dollars for the night.M: Ah. I should get a discount for the inconvenience.W: Well. The best I can give you is a ten percent discount plus a ticket for a free breakfast.M: Hey. Isnt the breakfast free anyway?W: Well, only on weekends.M: Okay. Thatll be fine.Questions 23 to 25 are based on

30、 the conversation you have just heard.23. What is the first problem with the mans reservation?24. What kind of room did the man reserve at last?25. How did the woman make up for the inconvenience she had caused the man?Section BPassage OneA year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a

31、writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. 9The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two wee

32、ks to prepare. Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy.I arrived in the classroom with paper

33、 cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.“All right then,” I said. “Okay, here we go

34、.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forests of h

35、ands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, youll all get your turn. One at a time, one at a time!”A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.Questions 26 to

36、 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What can we learn about the speaker from the passage?27. What did the speaker ask the students to do before he started his class?28. What did the students do when the speaker started his class?29. Why did the speaker probably choose the compositio

37、n topic?Passage TwoSince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic

38、 school in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts.In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.The researche

39、rs designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to

40、commands from the brain.Prof. Milan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and 10turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication,

41、and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.Questions 30 to 32

42、are based on the passage you have just heard.30. What can BCI do as a technology?31. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?32. Why will the team test with real patients?Passage ThreeIn a world with limited land, water and other natural resources, the harm from the traditional busi

43、ness model is on the rise. Actually, the past decades has seen more and more forests disappearing and globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we must be able to develop in sustainable ways. That means growth with low carbon or deve

44、lopment of sustainable products. In other words, we should keep the earth healthy while using its supply of natural resources.Today, sustainable development is a proper trend in many countries. According to a recent study, the global market for low-carbon energy will become three times bigger over t

45、he next decades. In addition, we are also seeing great growth in the global markets for sustainable products such as palm oil， which is produced without cutting down valuable rainforest. In recent years the markets for sustainable products have grown by more than 50%.Governments can fully develop th

46、e potential of these new markets. First, they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions and targets for saving and reusing energy. Besides, stronger arrangement of public resources like forests can also help to speed up the development. Finally, governments can avoid the huge expenses that

47、are taking us in the wrong direction, and redirecting some of those expenses can accelerate the change from traditional model to a sustainable one.The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of growing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.